The scrapbook records the voyage of the ship South America from Providence, Rhode Island, via the Panama to San Francisco. Along with written notations of the ship's location, there are newspaper clippings listing the passengers, members of the Tallman Mining and Trading Association. There is also information on the barks Walter, Rio, and Rhodes. A note at the end records people going to mines near Stockton.
Description:
Donated by Bradford F. Swan, 1977.
Subject (Name):
Rhodes (Bark), Rio (Bark), South America (Ship), Tallman Mining and Trading Association, and Walter (Bark)
Subject (Topic):
Gold mines and mining--California and Voyages to the Pacific coast
The scrapbook, likely compiled by Edward Fayette Eldridge's daughter Jennie though inscribed by her father on February 15, 1913, reuses a 300 page ledger originally used to record undated accounts of treatments and charges for Eldridge's patients. Clippings, printed ephemera, and other materials are pasted in from page 47 to page 81 of the ledger. Items include: clippings of Eldridge's poems published in Grand Junction newspapers; clipped newspaper articles by and about Eldridge, including obituary notices; business and calling cards for Eldridge, his daughter Jennie, and her husband, Denver chemist E. T. Herrmann; a psychographic profile of Eldridge; and postcards and pamphlets printed with Eldridge's poems.
Subject (Name):
Eldridge, E. F.--(Edward Fayette), 1857?-1916
Subject (Topic):
Authors, American--20th century. and Physicians--United States--20th century.